Sturm Haustag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-315442016-06-23T21:57:12-05:00TypePadSturmHaushttps://feedburner.google.comlosing ittag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83452883d69e201b7c872a05b970b2016-06-23T21:57:12-05:002016-06-23T21:57:12-05:00We keep losing things lately. - Annabel's watch-phone thing. - My reading glasses. - Otto's swim trunks and rash guard. - The "my mind" joke would be too easy, but probably also appropriate. Jon is finally home again after 4 intense weeks of travel (for him) and solo parenting (for...Hwheely fearlesstag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83452883d69e201bb08e8611f970d2016-04-22T19:37:34-05:002016-04-22T19:37:34-05:00So. Annabel has been a little resistant to learning to ride her bike without training wheels. We've been working on it with her since last spring. Last weekend it all clicked and she took off, two-wheeling like a pro around the court and down the sidewalk. Good, right? Jon and...Hcookie dazetag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83452883d69e201b8d1a3ed47970c2016-02-24T12:53:00-06:002016-02-24T12:53:00-06:00Bel sold 82 boxes of Girl Scout cookies last month, and last night we finished sorting and labeling them all for delivery. Jon lined the boxes up in the hallway, I got out a Sharpie and post it notes, and Bel went to town. Two of those boxes were Thin...Hstickingtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83452883d69e201bb08b984a0970d2016-02-12T21:02:00-06:002016-02-12T15:18:42-06:00"The problem with labels," said Otto, "is that they're sticky. And sometimes people get them wrong." He said this while we were standing in the elevator at his doctor's office, our our way up to an appointment that turned out to be scheduled for next Wednesday, not today (oops -...Hthe way it istag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83452883d69e201a511e2907d970c2014-07-15T22:53:00-05:002014-07-15T22:53:00-05:00O's therapist - who is lovely, and helpful - keeps asking how life is going now that I'm back to work full time. I say, "it's good! The kids are in day camp and learning to swim! They help me with stuff like lunches!" And her eyes get big and...Hyikes!tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83452883d69e201a3fd14041e970b2014-06-01T22:38:19-05:002014-06-01T22:38:19-05:00Well, for a short week preceded by a long weekend, last week managed to be a doozy. It started off pretty well, with a big parade on Monday, and breakfast with one of Jon's favorite Aunts, who was in town for an entirely unrelated-to-us reason. :) Otto and Aunt Amy...Hwho's on first?tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83452883d69e201a73dc9a426970d2014-05-22T23:36:00-05:002014-05-22T23:36:00-05:00When I walked into the day care classroom this afternoon, the teacher handed me a slip of paper with a name and address on it. "That's L's mom's name and phone number," she said. "Annabel wants you to call her to set up a play date." "Well then," I said....Hbrieflytag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83452883d69e201a73dc17445970d2014-05-11T23:56:31-05:002014-05-11T23:56:31-05:00Just popping in to say HI and I have to figure out when I'm going to write things here now that I'm back to work and not home very much again. I like my new gig. It's kinda crazy, and sort of intimidating, and holy heck I have a lot...Hstoictag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83452883d69e201a511a2dd3d970c2014-04-18T22:45:27-05:002014-04-18T22:45:27-05:00When my eldest child was still an infant, I quickly learned that if he tugged at an ear once, or got a little fussy at bedtime, I should take him to the pediatrician immediately. Invariably he'd be diagnosed with a bilateral ear infection. He didn't give me a lot of...Hretrouvertag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83452883d69e201a73da6207e970d2014-04-09T22:12:23-05:002014-04-09T22:12:23-05:00I'm not ready to spill all the details just yet, but... I accepted a job offer today. YAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAY!!!!! I'm pretty excited. Nervous, too, it's a bigger step up than I'd anticipated making, but all in good ways. I have to finish dotting some i's and crossing some t's, but if...H